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  • "EV Infrastructure Vulnerabilities Put Cars, the Grid at Risk"

    Cyber defense experts warn of the possibility of hackers targeting Electric Vehicle (EV) infrastructure to lock drivers out of their cars, steal payment information, and disrupt electrical grids. According to experts who spoke at NextGov's recent Cyber…

  • "In Phishing Email, Scammer Pretends to be Cybersecurity Chief"

    The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has been deleting scams from the Internet as a part of a campaign aimed at protecting individuals from fraud and cybercrime. The organization claims to have successfully deleted nearly four times as many scams,…

  • "Welcome 'Frappo' – Resecurity Identified a New Phishing-as-a-Service"

    A new underground service called Frappo has been identified by the Resecurity HUNTER unit. Frappo is a Phishing-as-a-Service (PaaS) that allows cybercriminals to host and generate high-quality phishing pages appearing to belong to major online banking, e…

  • "Survey: 93 Percent of Americans Fear Cyber Warfare Against US"

    An April consumer survey recently released by the Internet security firm NordVPN reveals that many Americans are concerned about the threat of cyber warfare. The survey polled over 1,000 US consumers, 93 percent of which expressed concern over the…

  • "New Malware Samples Indicate Return of REvil Ransomware"

    Security researchers at Secureworks have claimed that new malware samples and a new Tor-based leak website suggest that the REvil ransomware operation has been resumed.  Secureworks, which tracks the group behind REvil as Gold Southfield, has…

  • "Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Warns of New Zero-Day Being Exploited"

    Microsoft recently released critical software updates to fix at least 73 documented security flaws in the Windows ecosystem and warned that unknown attackers are already launching zero-day man-in-the-middle attacks.  The zero-day, flagged as CVE-…

  • "HC3: Ransomware Groups Leveraged Remote Access, Encryption Tools in Q1"

    The US Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) observed an increase in the use of legitimate tools such as Cobalt Strike and Mimikatz by ransomware groups during the first quarter of 2022. HC3…

  • "Quantum Ransomware"

    A recently released DFIR Report details security researchers' findings from the analysis of Quantum Ransomware, which is a variant first discovered in August 2021. Quantum Ransomware was found to be linked to the Quantum Locker operation and a rebrand of…

  • "FBI: Thailand and Hong Kong Banks Used Most in BEC"

    The FBI has warned that fraudsters have tried to steal over $43bn via business email compromise (BEC) attacks over the past six years, with Asian banks the primary recipients of stolen funds.  The FBI stated that between July 2019 and December 2021…

  • "Critical Infrastructure Firms See Cyberattacks Surge"

    Security researchers from Bridewell have discovered that more than 70% of UK critical national infrastructure (CNI) providers have seen an increase in cyberattacks since the start of the war in Ukraine.  The security services provider polled over…

  • "UK Schools Offered Free Cyber Defense Tools"

    Schools in the UK can now use free cyber defense tools from the nation's leading experts to help them strengthen the protection of their emails and websites from cyberattacks. The UK government encourages all UK schools to sign up for Mail Check and Web…

  • "Scammer Infects His Own Machine With Spyware, Reveals True Identity"

    A scammer who stole over 800,000 credentials from nearly 28,000 victims within the past several years exposed himself after infecting his own machine with info-stealing malware. While tracking a group called Nigerian Tesla among threat actors targeting…